Individual neck duster



May 20, 1952 A. BoNGlovANNl 2,597,772

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Patented May 20, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE INDIVIDUAL NECK DUSTERAntonio Bongiovanni, Philadelphia, Pa., assignor ofvfifteen and one-halfper cent to Antonio Stango, fifteen and one-half per cent to AntonioOteri, ten per cent to Alfred Stango, eleven and one-half per cent toJohn W. Kephart, Jr., and eleven and one-half per cent to A. EvansKephart, all of Philadelphia, Pa.

Application June 2, 1949, Serial No. 96,809

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to an improved individual neck duster especiallyadapted for use in barber shops, beauty parlors, or similarestablishments, for brushing the cut ends of hair from about the neckand face, or in applying talcum powder or the like thereto.

An object of the invention is to provide a device the body of which willbe made entirely of paper, and which will be so inexpensive that theduster may be discarded after a single use thereof, to the end that abarber may employ a fresh sterile duster for each customer.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device embodying aunitary handle and dusting tuft, and wherein the handle will befashioned to impart the necessary rigidity thereto as well as thenecessary stiffness to the neck of the device at the region of thejunction between the handle and tuft.

And the invention seeks, as a still further object, to provide a devicethe body of which may be formed from a single blank of paper, andwherein the blank will be so fashioned that simply by winding the blankinto a more or less tight roll, the handle and tuft will be produced.

Other and incidental objects of the invention will appear during thecourse of the following description, and in the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the body of the deviceis formed.

Figure 2 is an end view of the blank.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the duster.

Figure 4 is a vertical section through the duster.

Figure 5 is a transverse section on the line 5--5 L of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary diagrammatic sectional view showing the plaitsof the blank of Figure 1.

Figure 7 is an enlarged, fragmentary, diagrammatic, perspective view ofa portion of a single winding of the neck of the duster, broken awaytransversely at vertically spaced points to show the overlap and taperof the folds of the plaits.

Figure 8 is a fragmentary plan view of the blank of a modified form ofthe invention.

Figure 9 is an elevation of the modied form of duster.

Figure 10 is a fragmentary diagrammatic sectional view showing theplaits of the blank of Figure 8.

In carrying the invention into effect, I employ an oblong rectangularsheet of paper which is folded medially, longitudinally thereof, to pro-2 vide a blank I0 of overlapping plies II of equal width and length. Thepaper employed is preferably more or less soft in character althoughsomewhat tough such, for instance, as conventionally used for papernapkins or the like, but

is preferably thicker and of more fluffy body than the paper of theusual napkin, the point being, in the present instance, that the paperwill not cut or abraid the skin, but will feel soft when against theface or neck.

Adjacent the fold connecting the plies I I with each other, said pliesare provided withimperforate margins I2, while at their opposite marginssaid plies are each slit transversely along parallel lines to provide aseries of preferably narrow dusting sinips I3. As will be observed, thestrips I3 are of a length substantially equal to the width of themargins I2 of the plies I I.

Adjacent the inner ends of the strips I3, the margins I2 of the plies IIare creased to provide substantially V-shaped plaits I4 which extendlongitudinally of the strips from the inner fixed ends thereof, a plaitbeing provided in conjunction with each strip. Each of these plaits isdefined by a pair of fold lines I5 which diverge toward the inner end ofthe strip straddled thereby to terminate at the inner ends of the slitsat the sides of said strip, while a third medial fold line I6 bisectsthe angle between the fold lines I 5. Thus, triangular folds Il areprovided between the fold lines I5, which folds may be caused tooverlap.

As seen in Figures 3, 4, and 5 of the drawings, the blank I0 of Figure 1is more or less tightly wound upon itself spirally to produce a rolldefining a cylindrical handle I8, formed by the margins I2 of the blank,and iiaring from said handle is a dusting tuft I9, formed by the stripsI3 of the blank. Securing the blank rolled is a staple or the like 20.

It is now to be observed that as the blank I0 is rolled, the folds I'Iof each of the plaits I4 are, as suggested in Figure 6, disposed inoverlapping relation. Consequently, the effective length of the blank atthe longitudinal area of the plaits is shortened so that a conical neck2I is formed at the region of the junction between the handle I8 andtuft I9. As will be perceived, the spiral windingsl of the blank I0 atthe neck 2| will, due to the extra thickness provided by the overlap ofthe folds I'I of the plaits I4, be much tighter than adjacent the freeend of the handle I8, and said tightness is increased toward the smallend of said neck by the gradual widening of said folds. As a result, theneck is stiii'ened and stabilized to not only lend rigidity to thehandle I8 so that it may be conveniently grasped and manipulated toaccomplish dusting operations-,with the .tuft I9, butalso va stablejunction between the handle and tuft is provided by the stifest smallerend portion of the neck so that when manipulating the duster, lateral,.

bending stress at the free ends of the strips I3 of the tuft I9 will notcollapse the tuft asia whole relative to the handle. If so desired, themargins I2 of the plies I I of the blank I0 may be impregnated with asuitable stifening agent,A Such as an appropriate plastic, or asuitableadhesive,

such as glue or mucilage, may be applied toV saidV margins, the purposebeing, -in `each instance; to

stiiien the handle I8 and impart. added solidity thereto.

In Figures 8, 9, and 10 of the drawings, I have shown a slightmodication of the invention wherein the blank is indicated at 22, thehandle at 23, and the tuft at 24,Y In this instancethe blank 22 isarcuate and is provided with diagonal plaits 25having-folc1sl ZSY which-serve `the same purpose as the folds II of the plaits I4. Otherwise;the-modified structure is identical with the` tegr-alrwith thehandlesaidV body being formedr of a `paper roll having spiral windings,tapered plaits formed insaidwindings at the innerends of said stripsat'the handle-portion of the body and gradually widening in a direction.longitudinally of the strips toward `the inner ends thereof as well assuccessively overlapping to provide the 4 inner end portion of saidhandle with a tapered neck gradually stiffened by the widening plaitstoward the inner end of said tuft, and means securing said windingsrolled.

2. 'An individualneck-fduster including a body one end portion of whichprovides a handle and the opposite end portion of which is composed of ahunched series of strips providing a tuft integral'withthe handle, saidbody being formed of a paper roll having spiral windings formed atcorresponding margins thereof with slits defining said strips andbeingprovided adjacent the inner ends Aof said strips at thehandle-portion of the body with V-shaped plaits straddling the innerends of said strips and widening in a direction longitudinally ofthestrips toward the inner ends thereof as Well as successivelyoverlapping to provide the handle with a tapered neck graduallystiffened by the widening plaits toward the inner end of said tuft, andmeans securing said windings rolled.`

ANTONIO BONGIOVANNI.

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